Police fire tear gas at spontaneous anti-pension bill protest in France

17/3/2023 6:08

        Police fired tear gas at
        protesters on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, where some
        7,000 people demonstrated against the government's pension
        changes in a spontaneous and unplanned rally.
        
        A Reuters reporter saw cobble stones being thrown at the
        police, who charged to break up groups of protesters.
        
        The demonstration was across the river Seine from
        parliament, where Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne earlier on
        Thursday announced her government would push through the reform
        using a special constitution clause, as her minority government
        could not get the necessary backing from the opposition
        conservative Les Republicains party.